Journal of Hezekiah Loomis, Steward on the U.S. Brig "Vixen," Captain John Smith, U.S.N.; War with Tripoli 1804
Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1928. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 6.25 inches by 9.25 inches. Label with full title on front cover. iv, 67, [1] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Some page foxing noted. Cover has some wear and soiling. Louis F. Middlebrook (b. 1866), of Middletown, Connecticut, was a scholar of the maritime history of colonial Connecticut and the early Republic. He was an early member of the Marine Historical Association, now Mystic Seaport Museum. The Essex Institute (1848–1992) in Salem, Massachusetts, was "a literary, historical and scientific society." It maintained a museum, library, historic houses; arranged educational programs; and issued numerous scholarly publications. In 1992 the institute merged with the Peabody Museum of Salem to form the Peabody Essex Museum. The Essex Institute was "formed by the union of the Essex Historical Society and the Essex County Natural History Society." Daniel Appleton White, the former Judge of Probate for Essex County, was appointed in 1848 as the first president of the Institute until his death in 1861. Around 1879 the institute housed its "scientific collections" in Salem's East India Marine Hall and its library in Plummer Hall. According to an 1880 travel guide, "its objects are general and varied. Perhaps the most important is that of local historical discoveries and the preservation of everything relating to Essex County history." More